Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE), which rose 3.64% or 0.67 points to trade at 19.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (EBR:SOF) added 1.03% or 2.20 points to end at 216.20 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) was up 0.70% or 0.14 points to 20.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ackermans & Van Haaren NV (EBR:ACKB), which fell 0.64% or 1.20 points to trade at 187.60 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) declined 0.62% or 0.35 points to end at 56.35 and Ageas (EBR:AGES) was down 0.50% or 0.24 points to 47.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 46 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 9.16 to $2,657.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.29% or 0.88 to hit $67.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.79 to trade at $71.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 106.05.